BREKAING: Elon Musk says that the X algorithm is changing to:

- Penalize "negativity"

- Promote informational/entertaining content

- Increase unregretted user time

Is Zap-vertising effective on Nostr?

And is bringing advertising $$$ to Nostr a potential catalyst for network growth?

Advertising $$$ —> More creator compensation —> more creators —> more users —> network growth? 🤔🤔🤔

I’ve found myself spending most of my thinking power concentrated on Nostr recently.

Feeling like a kid in a candy store on here with all of the possible things to build.

I wanted to get an experiment up quickly to get my wheels turning…

So here’s my simple experiment to kick things off:

I’m going to spend 500,000 sats in the next week, using the zapvertising model, measure the results, and provide updates here…

Tracking new followers, cost per follow, and eventually website clicks, email opt-ins, cost per click, etc.

What I’m looking to answer:

Can "zapvertising" become a viable model?

Let's find out.

Follow along for the journey.

⚡️⚡️⚡️

Is Zap-vertising effective on Nostr?

And is bringing advertising $$$ to Nostr a potential catalyst for network growth?

Advertising $$$ —> More creator compensation —> more creators —> more users —> network growth? 🤔🤔🤔

I’ve found myself spending most of my thinking power concentrated on Nostr recently.

Feeling like a kid in a candy store on here with all of the possible things to build.

I wanted to get an experiment up quickly to get my wheels turning…

So here’s my simple experiment to kick things off:

I’m going to spend 500,000 sats in the next week, using the zapvertising model, measure the results, and provide updates here…

Tracking new followers, cost per follow, and eventually website clicks, email opt-ins, cost per click, etc.

What I’m looking to answer:

Can "zapvertising" become a viable model?

Let's find out.

Follow along for the journey.

⚡️⚡️⚡️

because if it's a sensitive purchase that might be surveilled The Adversary will see the BTC going into the swap,

and then can make guesses about the movement of Monero based on timing.

iow

interacting with transparent chains can only degrade the privacy guarantees of non transparent ones.

you send sats to a "mint" and get a shitcoin token they print.

but you can use it instantly and privately (Where Accepted™) and *should* be able to swap back for your sats at any time.

and convert to a different mints tokens eventually.

anyone (or group of anyones) can setup a mint.

early days, can be rugged, use with caution.

except that flipping in and out whenever you need to do a transaction exposes you to timing analysis

just have small stack you top off occasionally

Not a fan of the holidays because it means I have to hang out with family.

I've always been the black sheep of the family and the disparity only grows wider as time passes.

Silver was used as money because gold was not subdividable enough. Bitcoin on the Lightning network is digital silver.

Discovering the correct answer as "Bitcoin Only" in 2024 is incredibly early to the party, so don't worry about that.

Do not feel bad about being called a Bitcoin maximalist. It's equivalent to being a Physics maximalist because you do not believe in Astrology. Once you really understand physics you realize there is no second best.